Ober-D' Rainbow

Katahdin Hair Sheep

In the summer of 2013 we acquired a couple of Katahdin ewes. We were intrigued with this breed for years because they seemed to be the low maintenance sheep. No shearing, no tail docking, parasite resistant and they are exceptional mothers which milked almost as good as a dairy goat! They are touted in being a dual purpose animal both in meat and milk. With their meat being very mild in flavor. Lamb has never been my favorite meat so we never really considered raising them.

So as it happened, we bred these two ewes and they lambed wonderfully, and raised their lambs. When we had the first of our lamb crop for dinner we were amazed at the awesome flavor! We are hooked!

Lambs listed in red are available for sale.

Our Herd Sire

Co-owned with Micaiah Stewart

He is not quite a yearling yet in this picture. And he is in the process of shedding his fiber for the summer. Soon he will have a smooth hair coat. His 2015 lambs were very nice and growthy.

KRK 3343 RR

BORN: 07-13-2013 White with freckled markings.

SIRE: 80369 COR 11-24 MCD Semper Paratus

SS: 053915 JM 7-20 MCD New Generation

SD: 057774 COR 08-17 (a New Generation daughter)

DAM: KRK 777

DS: 043101 SWP 05-139

DD: 036598 KRK 37

Our Ewes

MRL 182 QR

Born: 03/04/2010 Triplet Liver red freckled.

SIRE: KRK 921 RR Romeo

SS: VJ 7066

SD: KRK 5184

DAM: JPS 60079 QR

DS: KRK 5180

DD: JPS 0004

"Freckles" this ewe's barn name, has width and depth. Her Ram lamb 2014 went into our freezer weighed 125 lbs at three months old. He was a cross bred out of a Icelandic Ram. She did a very good job of raising him. Her lambs this year were huge and grew way beyond what I was expecting. We retained her ewe lamb and her Ram lamb was sold as a herd sire.

Bred to: OBR 12F Lambed:

Lambs born:

Lamb prices: Ram - $450.00 Ewe- $400.00

Lamb Meat - $2.50 lb live.﻿

MRL 186 QR

B.B.

BB & Two Socks

Born: 03/05/2010 Tripet White w/ red butterfly on rear.

SIRE: KRK 921 RR Romeo

SS: VJ 7066

SD: KRK 5184

DAM: JPS 60092 QR Starr

DS: NF 727

DD: JPS 012﻿

"BB" as she is called, is a very hefty ewe. She is a great mom. She raised her 20114 twin ram lambs and they weighed 95 lbs at three months. They were Icelandic crosses also. She had twins in 2015, and she is bred to our Jr. herd sire OBR 12F for May 2016 lambs.

Bred to: OBR 12F Lambed:

Lambs born:

Lamb prices: Ram - $450.00 Ewe- $400.00

Lamb Meat - $2.50 lb live.﻿

JPS 1027 QR

Born: 02-09-2011 Twin Taupe w/ two white hind socks.﻿

SIRE: JPS 60279

SS: NDS 06-728

SD: JPS 0060

DAM: JPS 60255

DS: NF 727

DD: JPS 60160

This ewe, barn name "Two Socks" is a very large ewe with width throughout. She gave us quads last year. A very productive ewe.

Bred to: KRK 3343 RR Lambed:

Lambs born:

Lamb prices: Ram - $500.00 Ewe- $450.00

Lamb Meat - $2.50 lb live.

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MRL 248 QR

Painted Lady

Born: 02-13-2013 Twin 96.9% Red and white paint.﻿

SIRE: MRL 225

SS: KRK 921

SD: JPS 60065

DAM: JPS 1019 93.8%

DS: JPS 60278

This ewe, is the dam to one of our coming two year old ewes we purchased last summer. She is very growthy ewe.

Bred to: OBR 12F Lambed:

Lambs born:

Lamb prices: Ram - $500.00 Ewe- $450.00

Lamb Meat - $2.50 lb live.﻿

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OUR 2014 EWE LAMBS

They have been bred for May lambs this year.

They will be bred to OBR 12F. These lambs will vary in price depending on the quality of their dam at time of lambing.

MRL 289

Born: 03/12/2014 Quad White

SIRE: KRK 2123 RR Sampson

SS: KRK 0845

SD: VJ 8086

DAM: MRL 153 QR

DS: PAS 28L

DD: JPS 60079

This ewe is a growthy ewe. Long, tall and wide. This picture is her in the fall of 2014.

MRL 324

Born: 03/25/2014 Triplet Taupe

SIRE: KRK 2123 RR Sampson

SS: KRK 0845

SD: VJ 8086

DAM: MRL 226 QR

DS: KRK 921 RR Romeo

DD: MRL 127

This ewe lamb has a lot of width and lenghth. And a very "ewenique" color. Again these pictures are old pictures we need to up date them. She was a late ewe lamb pictured here.

MRL 327

Born: 04/09/2014 Single White and red spotted.

SIRE: KRK 2123 RR Sampson

SS: KRK 0845

SD: VJ 8086

DAM: MRL 248

DS: MRL 225

DD: JPS 1019

We had put a order in for a spotted ewe lamb. She is out of a yearling ewe who did a great job raising her. Very growthy and tons of width. The picture of her here is as a late ewe lamb.

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Kandid Katahdins

Our 2016 Lambs will be arriving in May this year.

2015 Lambs.

FRECKLES LAMBS

These lambs are almost two weeks old here.

B.B. and Freckles ram lambs, both are almost two weeks old.

Our 2014 lambs

We wanted to do an experiment and raise one lamb on a goat to see the contrast of growth.

3 months

2014 Katahdin X Icelandic Lamb raised by his dam.

This lamb was 125 lbs at 3 months old.

3 weeks old

2014 Katahdin X Icelandic Lamb raised by a doe.

Same lamb directly above at 2months old. He was raised by a yearling doe. This lamb at 3 months weighed 105 lbs at 3 months.

So we found that the ewe's milk must be richer because these two lambs who were twin brothers grew fairly equal but by poundage the ewe raised lamb wieghed more at three months.